Workshop on existential risk to humanity

September 7-8, 2017​

The workshop is part of the guest researcher program with the same title, but is open to all interested. Prereregistration is however required; write to Olle Häggström (olleh@chalmers.se) no later than August 16, 2017.

Stuart Armstrong, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford: Practical methods to make safe AISeth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute: In search of the biggest risk reduction opportunitiesDavid Denkenberger, Tennessee State University: Cost of non-sunlight dependent food for agricultural catastrophesKatja Grace, Machine Intelligence Research Institute: Empirical evidence on the future of AIRobin Hanson, George Mason University: Disasters in the Age of Em and AfterThore Husfeldt, IT University of Copenhagen and Lund University: Plausibility and utility of apocalyptic AI scenariosKarim Jebari, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm: Resetting the tape of historyKarin Kuhlemann, University College London: Complexity, creeping normalcy, and conceit: Why certain catastrophic risks are sexier than othersJames Miller, Smith College: Hints from the Fermi paradox for surviving existential risksCatherine Rhodes, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge: International governance of existential riskAnders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford: Tipping points, uncertainty and systemic risks: what to do when the whole is worse than its parts?Phil Torres, X-Risks Institute: Agential risks: Implications for existential risk reductionRoman Yampolskiy, University of Louisville: Artificial intelligence as an existential risk to humanity